Asus A7V266-M Contents, Chapter, 1: Product introduction, Chapter 2: Hardware information

Contents

About this guide ..............................................................................	iii
Safety information ...........................................................................	vi
FCC/CDC statements ....................................................................	vii
ASUS contact information .............................................................	viii

Chapter	1: Product introduction .............................................	1
Welcome! ........................................................................................		1
1.1	Package contents ..................................................................	1
1.2	Core Specifications ................................................................	2
1.3	Special Features ....................................................................	3
1.4	Motherboard Components ......................................................	4
	1.4.1 Component Locations ................................................	5

Chapter 2: Hardware information ............................................			7
2.1	Motherboard installation .........................................................		7
	2.1.1	Placement direction ...................................................	7
	2.1.2	Screw holes ...............................................................	7
2.2	Motherboard layout ................................................................		8
	2.2.1	Layout contents .........................................................	9
2.3	Before you proceed ...............................................................		10
2.4	Central Processing Unit (CPU) ..............................................		11
	2.4.1	Overview ..................................................................	11
	2.4.2	Installing the CPU ....................................................	12
2.5	System memory ....................................................................		13
	2.5.1	Overview ..................................................................	13
	2.5.2	Memory configurations ............................................	14
	2.5.3	Installing a DIMM .....................................................	14
2.6	Expansion slots .....................................................................		15
	2.6.1 Installing an expansion card .....................................		15
	2.6.2 Configuring an expansion card ................................		16
	2.6.3	PCI slots ...................................................................	17
	2.6.4	AGP slot ...................................................................	18
2.7	Switches and jumpers ...........................................................		19
2.8	Connectors ...........................................................................		25

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